Health Care Systems



Health Care Systems

References The health system of the United States includes all persons and all government and private organizations and institutions devoted to promoting and preserving health, and preventing and treating diseases and injuries. It also includes all the provisions dealing with the relationship between health insurance, insurance, service providers and other involved groups.

Health care in the United States remains different as compared to other developed nations. The United States takes a different direction by making a medical welfare system for the poor and the elderly and leaving the rest of the Health care system to supporting themselves. It spends approximately 35 billion per annum to provide medical care with uninsured residents. Health care economics and the service delivery system present many challenges for the consumer and practitioner alike, despite the availability of exceptional medical care (Stephen, 2010). It has an inefficient and expensive health care system, compared with other developed countries, with poor outcomes and many citizens who are denied access. Inefficiency is increased by the lack of an integrated system that could promote an optimal mix of personal medical care and population health measures.

The United States has the most technologically intensive medical practice in the world. It also spends more than any other nation on medical care, but health outcomes in the United States are inferior to those in most other developed nations. This inefficiency, spending more with poorer results, stems partly from failure to provide effective access to medical care to a substantial share of the population. Lack of access leads to wider disparities in health in the United States than are experienced by the populations of other developed nations (Stephen, 2010). The fragmented delivery system also leads to cost shifting (insurers' attempts to transfer costs to other payers), administrative waste, and an imbalance between ...